Frida Kahlo is hailed as one of the greatest Mexican artists of the 20th century. We’ve been learning about this fascinating lady the last couple of weeks. This children’s primer by Mike Venezia is the best one I’ve found on Kahlo. It features a wide variety of her works and […]
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Super Art Friday-“Free Drawing”
Sometimes my young artist just wants to draw from a picture book. The Eastern Comma butterfly was her inspiration for today’s free drawing.
Super Art Friday-“Painting Redbud Branches”
The Redbud trees are so beautiful this time of year. I snapped this photo for my daughter to use as a painting inspiration. I gave her a piece of legal sized aged parchment paper. I can tell that she values an art project more when I give her quality art papers and supplies, […]
Drawing the Roses
After a grueling week of speech preparation and competition, I was ready to get back to quiet activities at home. My daughter was recently given these lovely roses by her grandfather. We don’t have fresh flowers around the house often, so whenever we do have them, we use them for drawing practice […]